Do Sisters of Mercy and Mercy Associates have hope for the future? 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼!💜 🤩 Check out this video produced by the Mission Integration and Theology programs at the College of Saint Mary ! 🤩 ➡

✈️ We're celebrating #ThrowbackThursday with Sister Anne Marie Coverdell as she prepared to take flight. Sister Anne was a part of the Nebraska Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. She was referred to as "Sister Sam" when on the aircraft radio. ✈️ #tbt [📸 Mercy Archives]

The Senate invoked a provision of the 1973 War Powers Resolution. The resolution doesn’t limit President Trump’s ability to act, but it is a necessary step toward a vote that could do so. Urge senators to pass the Kaine–Paul War Powers Resolution. vtr.vc/xEykn1

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✨ Happy #MercyMonday! ✨

💙 It's the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord! 💙 💧Theology professor Grace Ji-Sun Kim reminds us of the importance of water on this special day: youtu.be/jZtzyDLDtl0?...

What can we pray for this weekend? 🙏https://sistersofmercy.org/contact-us/request-a-prayer/🙏

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is seeking input on a proposal that could allow companies to engage in deep sea mining near the Mariana Islands ➡ vtr.vc/xsKk90 "𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩" - Sister Marian Arroyo

🤩 This video from Mercy Archives outlines the journey of the first Sisters of Mercy to America in 1843. 🤩 buff.ly/u2UL2vN During the 1840s, #immigration to the U.S. nearly tripled. This began an extended period of growth of Catholicism in the U.S. #ThrowbackThursday

💙 January 11 is #WearBlueDay to raise awareness of human trafficking.💙 📆 Add it to your calendar and then read more about the ways the Sisters of Mercy dedicate themselves to ending human trafficking:

🤩Today's an exciting day for our Belmont, NC campus! 🤩 It marks the beginning of a solar installation project, a major step toward our goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. 💚 The solar panels will provide approximately 920 megawatt hours of electricity, about 3️⃣0️⃣% of the total electricity usage

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐲! 🙏 Just as the Magi journeyed to adore Jesus, let us also seek the Lord. 🙏 #Epiphany

🤩 Check out this next video from an excellent series produced by the Mission Integration and Theology programs at the College of Saint Mary ! 🤩 ➡ Hear from sisters and associates about how they carry the mission of Mercy forward:

The Sisters of Mercy were busy in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣! 😎 Check out our year on social media, wrapped 😎

🤩We're continuing to share an excellent series of videos produced by the Mission Integration and Theology programs at the College of Saint Mary! 🤩 ➡ Learn more about the Sisters of Mercy's five Critical Concerns, contemporary expressions of Mercy: youtu.be/VHlwxCwsn-I?...

🙏 A Prayer for the New Year 🙏

"𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺, '𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿.' (Luke 4:18-19)" 💜 Sister Mary Waskowiak invites us to "choose solidarity with migrants this holiday season" in her op-ed ➡ buff.ly/T8zWR9n

✨ Happy #MercyMonday! ✨

🤩 The Mission Integration and Theology programs at the College of Saint Mary produced a beautiful series of videos celebrating the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy and Mercy Associates! 🤩 Learn more about the history of the sisters and the birth of Mercy Education. ➡

💚❤️ 𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼! ❤️💚 "𝐖𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 '𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞' 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟." Sister Larretta Rivera-Williams reflects on the mix of joy and grief that can arise this time of year. ➡ buff.ly/aMJtEaR

💜Today for #Advent, Pope Leo XIV reminds us that love prevails! 💜

💜 Sister Renee Yann is the artist responsible for today's #Advent calendar gift 💜

💜 Enjoy Catherine McAuley's words as today's #Advent surprise! 💜

❄ It's the #WinterSoltice in the Northern Hemisphere. ❄ We invite you to find the light today and every day! 🔅

💜For our #Advent calendar, Sister Maryanne Stevens reflects on the Holy Family's flight into Egypt as they fled the violence of their home country, much like our migrant brothers and sisters do in the present day. 💜 ➡ Read the reflection here: buff.ly/vXpNWci

🩷 Sister Renee Yann's 𝐆𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞! is today's #Advent gift, reminding us of the joy of God's love! 🩷

🩷 We're celebrating the joy of #Advent with 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, composed by Sister Claudette Schiratti! 🩷

Today we celebrate #InternationalMigrantsDay. This #Advent, let us remember that the Holy Family were migrants who fled the dangers of their homeland. 💜💜🩷

🩷 Pope Francis reminds us of the joy of #Advent! 🩷

🩷 Today's #Advent surprise is a joyful piece of art by Sister Larretta Rivera-Williams! 🩷

🩷Today for #Advent, Catherine McAuley helps us find joy! 🩷

𝐀 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐲𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. - 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 ➡ Join us in taking action to extend healthcare tax credits here: vtr.vc/sdR102

For today's #Advent gift, Sister Patricia Moriarty reflects on how walking 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ miles as a pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago forever changed how she thinks about the hope of Advent. 💜 ➡ Read her reflection here: buff.ly/KPK7ndi

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 “𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞” 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞. buff.ly/Epw5XxJ

🙏Join us this #Advent as we pray for peace. 🙏

🤩 Happy Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe! 🤩 On this day, we celebrate when the Virgin Mary appeared to St. Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531. As an #Advent gift, enjoy 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐩𝐞 by Sister Claudia Cano 💜

💜 We're sharing the gift of Catherine McAuley's Suscipe for #Advent today! 💜

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 “𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞” 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞. buff.ly/Epw5XxJ

💜 Today's #Advent calendar gift is a quote from our founder, Mother Catherine McAuley. 💜

💜 We continue our #Advent celebration with words from Pope Leo XIV. 💜

A delegation of Sisters of Mercy, associates and staff have traveled to Honduras to visit our Mercy community and advocate for our Critical Concerns. 💙 🙏 Blessings on these travelers and the people of Honduras! 🙏

💜 In the midst of this #Advent season, we celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception! 💜

💜For our #Advent calendar, Sister Angelina Mitre reflects on the ways the shepherds were transformed by the coming of the Child Jesus: "𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡." 💜 ➡ Read the reflection here: sistersofmercy.org/advent-a-tim...

Sister Rosita Sidasmed led prayer on a procession to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Martyrdom in El Salvador of Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and lay missioner Jean Donovan.

💜 Today's #Advent calendar surprise is from Sister Anamaria Siufi. She created a Rosary of Creation for reflection on quotes from Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si. 💜 Pray the Joyful Mysteries with us! 🙏 youtu.be/9xaYz3mXAJY

💜 As the #hope of #Advent is timeless so is the Circle of Mercy! 💜 Enjoy this "Circle of Mercy" video from Mercy International Association.

💜 Today's #Advent calendar gift is the Jubilee Prayer written by Pope Francis! 💜

🎄'Tis the season to put up your Christmas tree! 🎄 But should you get a fake tree or a real one? Learn more about the most sustainable answer from our Climate and Sustainability Director Jason Giovannettone. ➡ buff.ly/SMl4Ukm ❄️ TLDR: Real is the way to go! ❄️

We continue to celebrate the #hope that #Advent brings with the official hymn of Jubilee 2025! 💜𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 💜 🎼 Original text: Pierangelo Sequeri ✏️English translation: Andrew Wadsworth

“No group has affected my life more. The Sisters of Mercy are my church. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵.” Amy Keller's life has been shaped by the Sisters of Mercy. Read about her reasons for giving: buff.ly/TKjaBjR 🎁 Make your gift! buff.ly/EAwcN3x